Rocks formed from the accumulations of sediment and mineral particles that is concolidated by the combination of pressure and cementation

Metamorphic Rocks

Rock that was originally something else byt has been drastically changed by the action of heat, pressure, shearing stress, or infusion of elements, all taking place at a substantial depth beneath the surface

Foliation

Banding that gives a wavy layered appearance to metamorphic rock

Schist

One of the most common metamorphic rocks; it is characterized by very narrow foliations

Gneiss

One of the most common metamorphic rocksl it is characterized by broad folations

Topography

Surface configuration of the Earth

Landform

An individual topographic feature

Geomorphology

The study of the characteristics, origin, and development of landforms

Relief

The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points in an area

Uniformitarianism

The concept that the "present is the key to the past" in gromorphic processes. The processes now operating have also operated in the same way in the past. The processes incolced are not temporary , are permanent and "slow-acting."